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- Mar 29, 202740% CONFIDENCELow confidencefrom the source
FTC v. Amazon Monopoly Trial Begins in Seattle
- Judge John H. Chun's December 15, 2025 order, issued after the court's October 1, 2025 stay for the government shutdown, moves the bench trial from February 9, 2027 to March 29, 2027, with a pretrial conference on March 15, 2027 and trial briefs due March 22, 2027[1]
- The parties' August 26, 2026 joint status report still lists the March 29, 2027 bench trial; the FTC is joined by the attorneys general of states and territories including New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Puerto Rico and Wisconsin[2]
- The report says the court gave the plaintiffs leave on April 29, 2026 to conduct additional discovery "into the extent of Amazon's spoliation", and that a second Economics Day hearing is set for December 4, 2026[2]
- Judge Chun first set the trial for October 13, 2026; the FTC says Amazon maintains a monopoly over the online marketplace by overcharging sellers and degrading quality for shoppers, citing sellers who say Amazon retaliated against them for offering lower prices on other platforms[6]
- In May 2025 the FTC asked to push the trial into 2027 to account for Amazon's alleged efforts to obstruct discovery, while Amazon said it was the FTC that insisted on a burdensome discovery[5]
- Amazon lost its bid to keep the October 2026 date: a June 2025 amended scheduling order set the bench trial to start February 9, 2027[4]
- In December 2025 Amazon and the FTC jointly proposed March 29, 2027, on the understanding that the parties to the coordinated District of Columbia v. Amazon case would ask to move its May 10, 2027 trial date[3]
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- [1]40%storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.326809/gov.uscourts.wawd.326809.577.0.pdfstorage.courtlistener.com· Posted Sep 23, 2026· Starts Mar 29, 2027 ✓· 39% of score
Judge Chun's December 15, 2025 order moves the "Bench Trial" from "February 9, 2027" to "March 29, 2027" ("The Court approves the proposed schedule"), and the August 26, 2026 joint status report still lists "March 29, 2027 Bench Trial".
- [2]95%FTC v. Amazon.com, No. 2:23-cv-01495-JHC - Joint Status Report (Dkt. 700)storage.courtlistener.com· Published Aug 26, 2026· 35% of score
The newest court filing: the parties confirm the March 29, 2027 bench trial still stands, list the plaintiff states and the spoliation discovery and December 2026 Economics Day hearing.[1]
- [3]80%US FTC, Amazon propose pushing back antitrust trial to March 2027mlex.com· Published Dec 10, 2025· 13% of score
MLex[4] on the joint proposal behind the second move, quoting the parties' tie to the District of Columbia v. Amazon trial date.
- [4]80%Amazon loses bid to keep October 2026 trial date for US FTC antitrust casemlex.com· Published Jun 4, 2025· 6% of score
MLex[3] report of the June 2025 amended scheduling order that moved the bench trial to February 9, 2027, the intermediate date.
- [5]75%FTC Seeks To Push Amazon Antitrust Trial To 2027law360.com· Published May 29, 2025· 6% of score
Law360 on why the trial first slipped: the FTC asked to move it into 2027 over Amazon's alleged discovery obstruction, which Amazon disputed.
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